BAFTA Awards: 'King's Speech' tally grows to five

BAFTA Awards: ‘King’s Speech’ tally grows to five

Feb. 13, 2011 12:28 PM PT

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‘The King’s Speech’ has won another major Orange British Academy Film Award -- original screenplay for David Seidler. This makes five BAFTA awards for the period drama, which is also nominated for 12 Academy Awards.

‘The King’s Speech’ also has won outstanding British film, supporting actor for Geoffrey Rush, supporting actress for Helena Bonham Carter and original score for Alexandre Desplat.

-- Susan King

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Susan King

Susan King is a former entertainment writer at the Los Angeles Times who specialized in Classic Hollywood stories. She also wrote about independent, foreign and studio movies and occasionally TV and theater stories. Born in East Orange, N.J., she received her master’s degree in film history and criticism at USC. She worked for 10 years at the L.A. Herald Examiner and came to work at The Times in January 1990. She left in 2016.

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